The two-year, $11 million deal was enough to send him west, which still baffles some Giants fans.

“The only thing weird is when you see Giants fans who have a tendency to tell you how stupid [the team] is,” Tuck said. “Those are their words, not mine. But yeah, it was weird. You spend nine years in one place. You have a lot of success there and a lot of great friends. So yeah, it’s going to be weird but I understand the business side of things and you need to move forward.”

The Giants were likely banking on some good will from Tuck, since their offer was around half of what the Raiders were willing to give him. And since he wasn’t willing to blink, a new address shouldn’t come as a surprise to him.

Maybe he is setting himself up to join the concussion lawsuit-memory loss while still playing…….

bobby2478 says:Jun 30, 2014 11:53 AM

time will tell if the giants lower cost replacements can perform at the same level as Tuck was. Sure seems like the once dominant NYG defense is no more with all the people they’ve let leave the past couple yrs.

I am surprised too he was solid against the run. Had good sack totals, granted it was inflated in a couple games, but what DE would say no thanks. The giants have 7mil in cap space with Baas gone. On defense the questions are on DL, DE and Tuck plays both.. I didn’t think this was a good move, now in saying that I also thought letting Shockey go was a bad move and of course the Giants decision turned out to be right..

And I applaud the Giants FO for being so cheap and allowing a very good player to walk away with no immediate replacement.

Tuck got us quite a few times over the last 9 years.

roadtrip3500 says:Jun 30, 2014 12:12 PM

Every legendary HOF coach has noted he stayed with “his guys” too long, out of loyalty for what had been. Teams today understand unless you have a true HOF player at a position, retooling and getting younger has to be a near-constant. The Giants saw what happened with their offensive line when they tried to get extra mileage out of it… they can’t afford to have that happen on the defensive line now. Strahan is a deserved HOF member, but Osi and Tuck never got to his level, and thus they’re gone.

Giant offer was probably a little under Tuck’s true market value but not as bad as it has been portrayed. The Raiders overpaid him.

Giants had so many needs going into the off-season at the point in which the decision was made, looking for a home team discount was not unreasonable. The fact that the Raiders swooped in to overpay doesn’t mean the Giants needed to move off their position.

Tuck had every right to take his last pay day but he did have a choice… So yes, Gantt is right, no surprise here.

11 mil. seems like a lot of money but it is over TWO years which averages to 5.5 mil. per season which is not overly outlandish for an upper-tier d-lineman. Also, I’m not sure what the guaranteed amount was but if it’s not over 4 mil. then again the deal looks like a reasonable risk even in the worse-case scenario that his career hits the wall this year or next.

pksoze says:Jun 30, 2014 2:43 PM

Justin Tuck of course thinks of himself as a Giant, he won championships there, he was a team leader there. He’s only in Oakland for the money. His heart is with NY.

It was time for Justin to take a pay cut but he did what gave him more money.did he really expect 10mill for his play last couple years!? Good luck with Oakland justin.you should a took the Giants offer